Carbureter.



(No Model.)

H. REY. CARBURETER.

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Patented Sept. I8, i900.

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HENRI REY, oE BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.

CARBURETER.-

sECrEIcTIoN f'omig part of Letters Patent No'.- 658,o2o, dated september18, 1900'.

Application tiled August l, 1899.

To all whom, t may con/cru:

Be it knownvthat I, HENRI REY, adminis@ trateur dlgu de la Socit duNouveau Gas, a citizen of Belgium, residing at Brussels, in the Kingdomof Belgium, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forProducing Carbureted Air, (for which I have obtained a patent. inBelgium, No. 141,940, dated April 8, 1899,) of which the following is aspecication.

The object of the present invention is to produce carbureted airat anelevated pressure, as required for intensive incandescent gas lightingand heating purposes, in sucha manner that the air will lose but littleof its initial pressure by friction and that the heat of a simplegas-burner will suffice to prevent the oil from freezing even whenproducing great quantities of gas. I attain this object by forcing airthrough a single perforated plate which plunges into a bath of mineraloil and which is heated by a coil in order to prevent it from beingobstructed by ice particles. By spraying through the oil-bath the latteris converted into a vesicular state and passes through a perforatedcylinder, bell, or boX, where it is divided again into a great number ofcurrents and deflected'from a surrou ndin g envelop acting as anevaporator. The apparatus is completed by an air-compressorconsisting ofan air-pu mp, in which the continuity of the air-current is obtained bymeans of an air vessel provided with an elastic diaphragm and with asafety-valve so arranged that air will. escape from it into theatmosphere as soon as the pressure in the carbureterincreases above thepressure required. Consequently the air forced through the carbureterwill at any time correspond with the gas consumption, which may bevariable.

In order to enable myinvention to be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe .the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l represents avertical section of the improved apparatus,and Fig. 2 a plan view of the same.

A is the carbureter; B, the air-pipe; C, the perforated plate; D, theheating-coil, through Serial No. 725,770. (No model.)

which circulates Waterheated in a small boiler E by means of agas-burner or lamp F.

Gr is a funnel for filling the oil-holder H, which maintainsautomatically a convenient level in the carbureter by means of aMariotts pipe I.

K is a pipe connection leading the pulver; ized mixture of oil and airinto the bell L, which is provided With perforations, as indicated bythe dotted line M M, and surrounded by the envelop N. As the latter hasa great surface exposed to the outer air, which is relatively Warm, itfavors the volatilization of the sprayed oil at a low temperature andacts as an evaporator. Y

O is the gas-pipe, and P a condensing vessel which contains upon grateslayers of quicklime for the`purpose of absorbing the condensed Watercontained in the air and of producing heat. Several of these vessels maybe inserted in the gas-pipe at convenient points. f

Q is the piston of the air-pump, which is actuated by the eccentric R,mounted upon the axis S, upon which is also mounted a second eccentricT, operating the distributing-l slide U.

V is a transmission-pulley.

Wis the air vessel, provided with an elastic diaphragm X, ofindia-rubber, and with a safety-valve Z.

I am aware that prior to my invention perforated plates andheating-coils have already been used in air-carbureters; but they haveVnot been combined and arranged as I do for producing, first,the'pulverization of the oil by projecting the same through adirectly-heated perforated plate, and, secondly, the volatilization ofthe mixture of air and oil-dust obtained by radially projecting thesamethrough a perforated cylinder against an envelop heated by the outerair and acting as a surface heater.

Therefore what I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In an air-carbureter, the combination of a perforated plate Oplunging into an oil-bath and having a heating-coil D placed directlyupon it, with a perforated cylinder L surrounded by a deleoting-envelopN, substantially as shown for the purpose specified.

2. In an air-oarbureter having a perforated plate C heated by a coil Dand a perforated cylinder L surrounded by a delectiing-eltavelopY N, theair Vessel W provided with an indiarubber diaphragm X, a safety-valve Zand an air-tube B communicatingwith the oarbli-Y reter A below theperforated plate C, subro` stantially as set forth.

HENRI REY.

Witnesses EHARLES HAsTRAUF, GREGORY PHELAN.

